Lesson 3 education and capitalism📚

Question 1

What is the correspondence principle?

Answer 1

.bowles and gintis
.what happens at schools mirrors the wokrplace
.the correspondence principle prepares students to fit into their future role

Question 2

What are some comparisons between school and work?

Answer 2

.pupils lack control, over the education vs workers lack control over production
.hierarchy of authority (head teacher,teachers) vs hierarchy of authority (boss,supervisors)

Question 3

What are the key terms Marxist education?

Answer 3

.hidden curriculum
.correspondence principle
.status
.meritocratic
.cultural capital

Question 4

What is the hidden curriculum?

Answer 4

a set of values attitudes and principles transmitted to pupils informally

Question 5

What is the correspondence principle?

Answer 5

what happens in education mirrors the workplace

Question 6

What is status?

Answer 6

social position within a group

Question 7

What is meritocratic?

Answer 7

rewards individuals capabilities rather than inherited status

Question 8

What is cultural capital?

Answer 8

the skills and values passed on to their children by middle class parent

Question 9

Marxist views on education

Answer 9

.prepares young people for capitalist society through the hidden curriculum and correspondence principle
.education is not meritocratic
.education is a form of social control
.education reinforces children into their social class status
.education is bias towards middle class students

Question 10

Functionalist core ideas of education

Answer 10

.teach the core values of society
.provide secondary socialsation
.promote and create social cohesion
,serves the needs of the economy
.facilitates social mobility

Question 11

Feminism core ideas of education

Answer 11

.girls are overlooked in the school system
.gender biased school subjects
.education is patriarchal and privileges boys